The Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Cutting edge academic analysis of national and state elections.
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Can maternal health advocacy bridge racial divides?
New research from ERC affiliate Andrene Wright-Johnson in Political Research Quarterly finds that maternal health appeals do little to boost white women’s support for Black women candidates.
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What will the 2026 midterms mean for Wisconsin and the nation?
Join the ERC on Nov. 20 for our 2026 Election Symposium featuring CNN's Manu Raju, pollster Charles Franklin, and leading election scholars!
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How can voters spot election disinformation as AI makes it easier to create?
ERC affiliate @prowag spoke with PBS Wisconsin about manipulated campaign content and why local journalism matters.
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ERC Director @bcburden spoke with @journalsentinel about how data centers have rapidly emerged as a bipartisan issue in Wisconsin elections, putting candidates in both parties under pressure over past votes and future regulation.
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Join us Oct. 5 at 4 PM at the Pyle Center for a conversation with media lawyer & author Ian Rosenberg on Dominion v. Fox, the responsibilities of the media, and the role of an independent and impartial press in a healthy democracy.
Register here: tinyurl.com/55yrekhc
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Wisconsin’s absentee-voting rules haven’t changed, but federal efforts to obtain voter data continue. In @WPR, ERC Affiliate Rob Yablon explains what voters should know and why the data push raises potential concerns over privacy and misinformation.
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What risks could threaten the integrity of the 2026 midterms, and how can we prepare?
Join election experts on 10/9/2026 for a timely discussion of the challenges ahead and how election officials, lawyers, journalists, and voters can respond.
Register: go.wisc.edu/t38psa
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Who uses Polymarket? New analysis from ERC affiliates Yingqi Huang and Ross Dahlke find that 1 in 6 US adults report using Polymarket, users demonstrated lower civic knowledge, skewed younger and expressed more acceptance of political rule-breaking.
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Which court rulings mattered most for American democracy this year?
Catch the recording of our Year in Review event, where legal experts break down the biggest democracy-related cases of the year and why they matter moving forward.
🎥 Watch here:
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Following Wisconsin’s nailbiter gubernatorial primary, ERC Director @bcburden spoke with the @journalsentinel about what the race could mean for control of the Legislature - and why the 2026 environment may give Democrats their best chances since 2008.
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🚨Save the date🚨
Join the Elections Research Center on Friday, Nov. 20, for the 2026 Election Symposium aat the Discovery Building. Hear leading experts unpack the midterm results, key races, issues, vote patterns and Wisconsin’s battleground role.
🔗go.wisc.edu/3EOJM3
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With control of Wisconsin’s Legislature at stake, @WisconsinWatch highlights key 2026 Assembly and Senate races. ERC Director Barry Burden weighed in saying that Democrats have a Senate advantage, while the Assembly is “genuinely up for grabs.”
Read more: wisconsinwatch.org/2026/07/w…
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A reminder to join us this Wednesday for our next Election Matters event: "Year in Review: Democracy Litigation in SCOTUS and the States," featuring leading experts on election law and democracy.
Register here for in person and virtual options: go.wisc.edu/62qgi8
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Why do election prediction markets matter if favorites sometimes lose? In a recent article in the @washingtonpost, ERC affiliate Ross Dahlke explains how they are a “quantification of conventional wisdom" and can help forecast elections.
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What were the most consequential democracy-related court decisions of the past year? Join us on July 8 for "Year in Review: Democracy Litigation in SCOTUS and the States," featuring leading experts on election law and democracy.
Register here: go.wisc.edu/62qgi8
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Featured in a recent New York Times story, ERC Director @bcburden discusses how slow vote counting can affect public perceptions of elections: “The more elongated the process is, the more the public gets to see every twist and turn.”
Read the full story: nytimes.com/2026/06/17/upsho…
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ERC affiliate @EllieNeffPowell appeared on @NewsHour to discuss congressional absenteeism and accountability. As Powell notes, with narrow majorities in Congress, "both parties need every single member to be there on every single vote."
Watch the segment: tinyurl.com/bdcmehxk
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In a recent interview with the @CapTimes, ERC Director @bcburden discussed Wisconsin’s crowded Democratic gubernatorial primary, noting similarities to 2018 but highlighting the absence of a clear frontrunner like Tony Evers this cycle.
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New research from ERC affiliates Nathan Kalmoe and Michael Wagner in @goodauth finds most Americans oppose Jim Crow-era voting restrictions like literacy tests and poll taxes, even as recent court decisions weaken Voting Rights Act protections.
Read more: goodauthority.org/news/how-m…
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New research from ERC affiliate Andrew Trexler finds that making local news free did little to boost readership or improve political knowledge and engagement in a 2022 experiment — showing the challenge of reconnecting citizens with local news.
Read here: tinyurl.com/3f6bjf96
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